Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-21
The RIGHT SORT Of A VILE,
A SERMON BY REV. II. N. WHAc
TON AT BRANTLY BAPTIST
CHURCH.


From the Baltimore Amer .ca1, 17lh.
Brantly Baptist Church was pack.
ed yesterday morning to listen 30 !
the second sermon in the series OF |
sermons to the family by Rev. II. |
VI. Wharton. Before announcing |
his text, the preacher said his ser.
mon would be addressed to wives,
and if any felt he was too severe, !
they might get their revenge next !
Sunday, when he would preach to |
the husbands. The text was from !
Proverbs. xix. IA prudent |
wife is from the LOrd.o He said |
We have all heard it said that |
matches are made in heaven. !
Some may be, and others are made |
somewhere else. This word pru.
dent is happily chosen. 1t covers |
the whole ground. ! want TO call |
your attention to some Of the char. |
acteristics of the right sort of a |
wife, from the Bible standpoint. !
She is gOdly woman. She sees
there are storms ahead, and she
commits her way to the Lord. IL
would he a very imprudent thing
if she didn't. She will be indus
trious also. She will have no time
for gossip, she is too busy for that.
An old woman came into a gentle
mans house and said: dwell.
we'll one half the world dOU't know
bow the other halt gets along
The man replied that it wasn't be.
cause she didn't tell them. \ pru-
dent wife will work. Not this lit
tie, bidding, fancy work on a silk
rag, but work that counts. An
other thing, she will practice econ
omy. Women wear bOnnets so tall
now that you can't see what's go
ing on at a theater. These women
that are after fine dresses and five.
story bOnnets don't care for eX-
penses. 1t is want of economy at
home that makes a man deal in fu-
lures and play cards and drink and
make assignments. Learn to save,
and lay by in store for a rainy day.
Despise not the day of small things.
Trihes make us miserable and tr-
hes make us happy. Look well TO
the ways of your household. Set
your house in order. Don't let
your husband come home and find
everything upside down and lying
around loose. Look after his
clothes see that the buttons are
on. BE sure you feed him well.
If You want to ask a favor Of him,
wait till after dinner. BE prudent
in conversation and conduct.
Words from you, that nobody else
would mind, may cut him to the
heart. Give him no cause to be
jealous of you. Don't be running
of to parties aud receptions aud
balls, when you ought to be at
home. Let him feel that home IS
the best place in the world-his
castle, his palace, his heaven on
earth. BE a woman of prayer and
praise and faith. 1t is hard to do
all this, but let me give you three
rules: Let God guide you; you
will find what He wants you to do
in the wife's chapter, the thirty
first of proverbs. BE patient. Let
love have her perfect work. You
can do any thing you please with
a man if You get him by the heart.
If you are prudent wife, you Will
make him a better man and lead
him to the skies. If you are the
other kind, you will take him the
other way.
The greatest of earthly blessings
in the family is this heavenly pru-
dence. A man may do well, not
withstanding his wife is a dead
weight to carry, but it is an up
hill business. They say the reason
Socrates was so patient with all
the world was that 1t was worse
for him at home than 1t was any
where else. If you wives will follow
out the rules of prudence tina, God
gives you, you will be better women
and have better husbands. God
is gloriHed by the life Of every
faithful wife. lie chose woman,
not to be an ornament, aplaythlng,
a doll baby, but to stand side by
side with man; to share his bur.
den3, Increase his joys, advise him,
help him, bless him, and every wo'
man that does this, reflects glory
upon her Maker. God bless you
all, and lead you in the right way,
is my prayer, for Jesus sake.